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Unit II & IV(partial)

(Moments, Skewness, Kurtosis, Binomial, Poisson Dist)
(Moments)
Q.01 The random variable X can assume the values 1 and -1 with probability ½ each. Find
(a) the moment generating function and (b) the first four moments about origin.

Q.02 A random variable X has the density function given by

Find (a) the moment generating function and (b) the first four moments about origin.

Q.03 Find the first four moments (a) about the origin, (b) about the mean, for a random
variable X having density function

Q.04 (a) Find the moment generating function of a random variable X having density
function

(b) Use the generating function of (a) to find the first four moments about the origin.

Q.05 If X denotes the outcome when a fair die is tossed, Find the moment generating
function of X and hence find the mean and variance of X.

Q.06 A r.v. X takes values 0 and 1 with probabilities q and p respectively with q+p=1. Find
the mgf of X and show that all the moments about the origin equal p.
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(Skewness and Kurtosis)

Q.01 The first four moments of a distribution about the value 5 of the random variable X
are 2, 20, 40 and 50. Compute a measure, each of centralI8 tendency, dispersion,
skewness and kurtosis. Comment on the skewness and kurtosis of the distribution.
[Ans. mean=7, SD=4, skewness= - 64, Kurtosis= 162]
Q.02 The first three moments of a distribution about the value 2 of the random variable X
are 1, 16 and - 40. Find the coefficient of skewness.
-1.480
Q.03 The first four moments of a distribution about X = 4 are 1, 4, 10, 45 respectively. Find
the mean, variance, coefficient of skewness and coefficient of Kurtosis.
[Ans. 5; 3; 0; 26/9]
Q.04 The distribution of a random variable X has mean 10, variance 16, skewness 1 and
kurtosis 4. Obtain the first four simple moments of X. Discuss the nature of
distribution.
[Ans. 10, 116, 1544, 23184]
Q.05 Compute coefficient of skewness and coefficient of Kurtosis for the following
distribution

X=xi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
pi 0.004 0.036 0.1 0.232 0.280 0.204 0.112 0.028 0004

Binomial Distribution
Q.01 Find the Binomial distribution if the mean is 2 and variance is 4/3.

64/729,192/729,240/729,160/729,60/729,12/729,1/729.

Q.02 Out of 800 families with 4 children each, how many families would be expected to
have
1. 2 boys and 2 girls
2. At least 1 boy
3. At most 2 girls
4. Children of both sexes.
Assume equal probability for boys and girls.
300,750,11/16,550
Q.03 It is know that the probability of an item produced by a certain machine will be
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defective is 0.05. If the produced items are sent to the market in packets of 20, find the
number of packets containing at least, exactly and at most 2 defective items in a
consignment of 1000 packets by using Binomial distribution

184,264,920
Q.04 Fit a binomial distribution for the following data:
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
f 5 18 28 12 7 6 4
Also find skewness and kurtosis
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
F 4 15 25 22 11 3 0
0.288,5.58
Q.05 Find the mean, variance, skewness and kurtosis of the probability distribution of the
number of heads obtained in three flips of a balanced coin.
Q.06 With usual notation find p of Binomial distribution if n=6,

Also find mean, variance, skewness and kurtosis

¼,3/2,9/8,9/16,45/32
Q.07 An irregular 6 faced dice is such that the probability that it gives 3 even numbers in 5
throws. How many sets of exactly 5 trials can be expected to give no even number out
of 2500 sets?
10
Q.08 Two dice are thrown 120 times. Find the average number of times in which the
number on the first die exceeds the number on the second die.
50
Q.09 Find the mean and standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis of the following
probability distribution.
X=xi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
pi 0.004 0.036 0.1 0.232 0.280 0.240 0.112 0.028 0.004
[Ans. mean=3.972, SD=1.410]
Q.10 The sum and product of mean and variance of a Binomial distribution are 24 and 128.
Find the distribution
N=32, p=q=1/2
(Poisson Distribution)
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Q.01 A variable X follows a Poisson distribution with variance 3. Calculate

i.

ii. 
iii.

0.224,0.353

Q.02 The number of monthly breakdowns of a computer is a RV having a Poisson

distribution with mean equal to 1.8. Find the probability that this computer will
function for a month

1. Without a breakdown
2. With only one breakdown
3. With at least one breakdown
0.1653,0.2975,0.8347
Q.03 Find the probability that at most 5 defective bulbs will be found in a box of 200
bulbs if it is known that 2% of the bulbs are defective.

0.7845
Q.04 If the probability that an individual suffers a bad reaction from a certain injection is
0.001, determine the chance that out of 2000 individuals
i. Exactly 3
ii. More than 2
iii. None
iv. More than 1
Individual will suffer a bad reaction.
0.180,0.323,0.135,0.594
Q.05 A car hire firm has two cars which it hires out day by day. The number of demands
for a car on each day is distributed as Poisson variate with mean 1.5. Calculate the
proportion of days on which (i) neither car is used, (ii) some demand is refused

Ans. 0.2231, 0.1912

Q.06 Fit a Poisson distribution for the following: Also find mean, variance, skewness and
kurtosis.

x 0 1 2 3 4

F 123 59 14 3 1

x 0 1 2 3 4

F 121 61 15 3 1
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0.5,0.5,0.5,1.25

Q.07 Fit a Poisson distribution for the following data:

x: 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total
f: 142 156 69 27 5 1 400
Also find mean, variance, skewness and kurtosis

Q.08 If a random variable X follows Poisson distribution such that

, find the mean, variance, skewness and kurtosis of the distribution. Also find
P(X=3).

1,1,1,4,0.06143

Q.09 Find out the fallacy of the statement: “If X is a Poisson varaite such that

Then mean of X is 1.” Also find mean, variance,

coefficient of skewness and kurtosis.

Correct,1,1,1,4

References of the entire unit

1. Probability, Statistics and Random Processes, T. Veerarajan, Tata McGraw Hill, 3 rd edition.

2. Fundamentals of Mathematical Statictics, S.C. Gupta & V.K. Kapoor, Sultan Chand & Sons